Banjoman

So sorry to hear that his body was struggling with so much - but what a life! Never to be forgotten.

You could try feeding him slightly smaller meals more often so that he actually gets more overall but spread out to make it easier for him to absorb it. It is a long time since I had a puppy but they were on four, then three and finally down to two meals a day but it took several months to get to two. Hopefully he has made a full recovery from the parvo.

What will HE gain if you leave your decision for a few more days? I suspect nothing but more discomfort and maybe worse. You know what is the right thing to do for your special boy and though you hate to do it you could well regret leaving it even for just a couple more days. Let him leave peacefully in his own home with you by his side, knowing that you love him.

I know you and Charlie enjoyed your walk in Real England last year!

http://www.greatglobalgreyhoundwalk.co.uk/ Is anybody organising or attending one of these this year? If not, why not run one? Unfortunately I have to miss my local one as I am due to have my gall bladder removed a couple of days before.

This happened to an Italian Greyhound that I knew, he went racing off down the garden one evening, his owner heard a scream and when she went down the garden in the dark she found him dead. Although it is especially hard right now as you are suffering from the sudden shock of what happened as well as her loss, given time you will be able to remember her with love and a smile, and yes, it sounds harsh but I think the vet was right, it becomes a consolation that she will never suffer the indignities of age and illness and the decision that we hate to make was made for you. She had a great last day and was happy to be doing what she loved with the person she loved and who loved her, what more can a houndie ask for?

When they are focused on prey they do not see the fence, by the time the rabbit has slipped under the fence it is too late to stop!

Sitting here stunned and in tears. Run fast and free Paddy.

Banjo would always get the runs after he'd eaten cat poop when he went out in the garden after dark.

I have to have vitamin B12 injections because my body cannot absorb it in tablet form, your Felix may be the same.

It took Chancey two years to calm down from off the track and a third year to get her walking quietly past other dogs that aren't greyhounds. I walk a lot in the forest and a running dog can still set her jumping six feet in the air. Thankfully she has never shown real aggression, just hyperactivity, jumping and screaming. Because she wore her muzzle (for her safety because there are idiot owners who let their little fluffy run up to us despite me asking them to "call your dog back, please") it was difficult to do "Look at me" and give her a treat, she was never too bothered about the treat anyway. I did eventually get her to stand back at the side of a path, with me standing by her head between her and the other dog. If I meet somebody and their dog on a narrow path that is what I still do. Over the years most of the people we would meet regularly realised what I was trying to do and would put their dogs on leads when they saw us. I have rarely deliberately given her the chance to meet other dogs because I have heard a "Snap" of her jaws in the muzzle the few times i thought she was OK and calmed down. I now take her to training class once a week and after a year I leave the muzzle off in the hall unless we get a new dog that seems overly bouncy or noisy. Hopefully she will pass her Kennel Club Good Citizen Bronze Award in a few weeks! Oh, and we go to a monthly greyhound walk and she just looks at them and walks off quietly in their midst until she remembers her racing days and works her way to the front of the walk, where she will often have a sparring match of "I'm in front", "NO, I'm in front" with another dog.

A race well run. You have always done the right thing for him and this final decision is all that a loved and loving hound can ask from his owner. Rest well Taylor.

Glad you found a cause. Chancey, now 8 years old, get the shakes if she stands around too long. She is fine as long as we are walking but after a few minutes standing I have to move her around again.

You know by his change in behaviour that you made his last months happy, he was loved and knew it and that is what matters. Wags to Phoebe from Chancey & Nutmeg. Run fast and free Geoff.

It is good to hear that Ginger's teeth extractions was a success and she is feeling much happier now. I expect you are feeling much happier now too!

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My rescue whippet lurcher, Nutmeg, (found wandering, possibly 4 years old now, adopted in March) can go several days without doing anything indoors but then will go several days running and sometimes more than once in a day. She can indicate that she wants to go out but then spends her time running around the smallish garden barking at or looking for imaginary cats. Then she can come indoors and within a few minutes I go out into the kitchen and find a puddle on the floor. Equally she can go outside and I watch her do a wee out there then half an hour later she is possibly telling me she wants to go out (or that she wants me to move so that she can push into my place on the settee), I let her out again but she does nothing then a little while later I find a puddle on the kitchen floor again. It can be really frustrating! Equally when we are out walking in the forest, despite stopping to sniff all sorts of plants she will suddenly stop in the middle of the path and squat to do a wee! It is almost as if she doesn't get any warning that she needs to go. Life was a little easier in the summer with the back door open most of the time but even then she had accidents.

There seem to be times when my rescue lurcher Nutmeg just suddenly needs to do a wee and will just squat and do one. Even when we are out on a walk and she has done several after sniffing around and finding the right spot she can still suddenly stop when walking a do wee right there! She does it indoors even though she has just been out in the garden and even when I've seen her do one out in the garden a short while before. She can and does often bark to let me know when she needs to go out but there are still these sudden "Oh, I gotta go!" moments.

You couldn't wish for a better Christmas present!

You made the right decision for your girl and no hound can ask for more from an owner she loved and who loves her!

Happy to hear that Aiden is healing well. I see he is wearing the standard IV bag wellington boot when outdoors!

The Retired Greyhound Trust is the racing industry sponsored re-homing charity with branches nationwide. https://www.retiredgreyhounds.co.uk/regional-branches There are also plenty of other greyhound/lurcher area specific rescue/rehoming charities.

No matter where your greyhound sleeps it will really wake you up when it dreams and lets out a looong, loud howl. It'll scare the pants off you the first time and still make you jump every other time.

Hope Aiden heals soon.

WE luv fishee skin choowee stiks heer. We hav awl sortsa diffrent wuns. Wags, Chancey & Nutmeg.